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I use Open Shell (fork of Classic Shell) as a replacement to original Start Menu. This gives me full control over what appears in start menu - no results from internet, animated tiles, etc (I am on Win 10 though, from what I read the Win 11 is supported, but not yet officially [1]). It could be a solution to the ads appearing in start menu.

[1] https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/issues/1564

For ads and online-dependent annoyware a third-party firewall works too.

The ads in start menu search results (insiders channel) are what drove me to chainge my primary boot to Linux a bit over a year ago... I've booted windows twice since.